The Meeker herald., 1887-02-19

otn the Denver mint 10 coinage minis
{ government expense, instead OF at
y cost Of the depositors and owners, as
eietofore.
81 A iirc broke out IN the business por.
( pm Of Anaconda, Montana, and spread
|0pidly. As there wN no lire apparatus
|Dir,y buildings were destroyed before
was under control. Loss $1,000; in
rance Sii 100. The lire is supposed To
hye been MI incendiary.
Advices from Honolulu report that
volcano Maunaloa, on Hawaii
lands, IN again active. The cruptions
eaan the middle Of January with ennis.
[ pns Of lire. smoke and lava. the latter
bwins down the south slop.. II its
[ purse is not changed II will How 10 ,h.
witiss,sii .siaip0 much .,ain.s.
Earthquake shocks throughout the
iaAnd are prevalent, but without srri-
ousyonseq,Hnces.
Tin passage last Saturday by the
House VI the substitute. for the S.na,.
Trade Dollar Redemption hill. is ~
rsT,iesi by tls silver men as u signal
'ictory. The substitute. prevents the
redemption Of re iriui. dollar from In
anywise interfering with. repeating or
h,miifying the Bland net, while II Is
made receiyabl. ics Government, dues
equal with the standard dollar. It Is
acquired 10 ir received ard r-cninei hy
,hc treasury wholly inj-i -ndcnt ui the
monthly purchase OF ss,sp.cp In silver
lallion. tins adding Ia the yoluin. Of
,isc Investment In silver.
President Cleveland has yrt0-d the
Dependent Soldiers Pension bill. bu, II
saA not altogether unexpected. Many
aScctions against the approval Of the
'au emanstesi frum objections io the
feature which allowed dependent i-n.
lions Ia pcssons who. having served In
fevious ~ars, subsequently served In
DO Confederate army. Opposition also
,eme from Confederate soldiers, who
euk the ground that the law made nj,
shjust discrimination against them. as
% larger portion of them We're too
'tung 10 have served In previous wars.
4 may truly L. said that the opposition
Ne mainly from soldiers who received
Io baient tbrfrirom.
Ten miles northeast Of Warsaw. In
ana, = party II hunters. on the nh.
|(and the inutilatrsi remains Of Perry
Ianham near his residence. In his
bllae they discovered little two-yrar.
NJ girl with her throat cut. Ms. Dun.
kf'r. near bv. Was alive. but 10 BADLY
ND ia)uscd - In t,e inseusit1o. Tlss
hts had eaten Dunhsm's face and hor.
Siey mutilaird him. Mrs. Durham
hsA eight wounds. ali made with n
kiifc. The theory of the murder is thai,
Il vas done for robbery. ~ u few days
40 Durham received SO from u sale.
ai1 only 50 Of this money could L.
fond. Another is tina, Dunham WAS
inanc. and after numbering his wife
al child. committed suicide.
sUe Huus VI sticHigtH w" shu w w
simply terrible. A panic has seized
soSc Of tho people. aud i, ia impossible
To get estimates of the Losses. The
wser at Lyons In some places Is -four
fe,; deep IN many residences. Every
boy Is moving or preparing tn move.
On the night OF the iu-ii,h several
bu ullings were washed and many others
lAs,ly damaged. At Muir merchants
hxH abandoned their stores. Three
Ri,srs Is surrounded with wa,cr. and
imi,cnse piles Of lumber are aiioai. A,
Jactson the pressure in the Grand river
In tie mill pond above the city was too
gTcA. and the sluiccs were opened with
u. result that the water rose several
feet aud the Grand Trunk bridge Is now
,ipder water. The State fair grounds
sre completely submerged, and the
prison walls stand in the midst Of n
Lake. People are working nigh, and
day to save their property. The loss
thus far Is estimated at S100,U0.